Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets Preview
Planning on watching today’s Blue Jackets and Lightning game? Catch the action at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL, as the Lightning hosts this showdown at 7:00 ET on ESPN+.
This Eastern conference matchup has an over/under of 6.5 goals, and the Lightning are favored by -1.5 goals vs. the Blue Jackets. Check out BetCoco for Tampa Bay Lightning – Columbus Blue Jackets odds
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets Head-to-Head and Key Stats
Over the last three times that the Lightning have hosted the Blue Jackets, they have gone 2-1. In the last three games as the favorite against the Blue Jackets, the Lightning have put together a 2-1 vs. the spread.
- When looking at their past ten road matchups, Columbus has an puck line record of 3-7 while averaging 1 per game. The team went 1-9 overall in these games.
- When looking at their past ten home matchups, Tampa Bay has an puck line record of 4-6 while averaging 3 per game. The team went 5-5 overall in these games.
- Spanning across their last ten games as the betting underdog, the Lightning have gone 7-3 vs the spread. Their overall record in these games was 6-4.
- Going back to their previous ten games as the favorite, Columbus has an puck line mark of 4-6 while going 5-5 straight up.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction
So far this season, the Blue Jackets have gone 26-40-12, and they are currently in 16th place in the Eastern Conference. In their division, Columbus is in 8th place with a record of 6-19. On the road, the Blue Jackets have gone 10-21-7, and they have lost five straight games away from home.
When playing as the underdog, Columbus has gone 22-38-11, and they have gone 3-2 in their last five games. Over their last ten games, the Blue Jackets have gone just 3-7, and they are 1-2 in their last three games.
When looking at their offense, the Blue Jackets have an average of 2.8 goals per game this season, positioning themselves 26th in the NHL. In terms of shots on goal per game, they are ranked 20th in the league. In terms of power play goals, the Blue Jackets offense is 32nd in power play goals. As for shorthanded goals, they are 25th in the NHL.
Entering the game, goalie Jet Greaves has started four games this season. His current record stands at 2-3, and his save percentage is 0.336%.
At home this season, the Tampa Bay Lightning have gone 23-10-4 and have been favored in 46 of their 77 games. In the Eastern Conference, they are currently in 6th place and 4th in the Atlantic Division. Overall, Tampa Bay has a record of 43-27-7.
Over their last ten games, the Lightning have gone 7-3 and have won two of their last three games. For the season, they have been favored in 29 of their 46 games as the favorite and have gone 24-21 in conference games.
The Lightning come into the game scoring an average of 3.5 goals per game, putting them 5th in the NHL. Regarding shots targeted at the goal per game, they are 22nd in the league. The Tampa Bay offense is ranked 1st in power play goals. As for shorthanded goals, they find themselves at 23rd in the NHL.
Heading into this matchup vs. Columbus, goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has started 49 games in this season. His current record is 29-18, and his save percentage stands at 0.867%.
With the Lightning being favored by 1.5, our NHL analytics models has this one playing out 4-3 in favor of the Lightning.
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Tips
- Take the Lightning on the moneyline
- On the spread, we like Blue Jackets (+1.5)
- Our NHL model projects 7 goals, and we suggest taking the under
Tampa Bay Lightning Injury Report
- Haydn Fleury – Undisclosed – Questionable
- Brent Seabrook – Shoulder/Back/Hip – Out
- Jonas Johansson – Lower Body – Questionable
- Anthony Cirelli – Upper Body – Questionable
- Mikhail Sergachev – Leg – Out
- Logan Brown – Undisclosed – Out
- Tanner Jeannot – Upper Body – Questionable
Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Report
- Boone Jenner – Personal – Questionable
- Daniil Tarasov – Upper Body – Questionable
- Elvis Merzlikins – Lower Body – Questionable
- Patrik Laine – Shoulder – Out
- Jake Bean – Hand – Out
- Adam Boqvist – Upper Body – Out
- Yegor Chinakhov – Upper Body – Out
- Kent Johnson – Upper Body – Out
- Adam Fantilli – Leg – Out
